-DragonFly images are 'live', meaning these images on whatever media will boot your system and let you log in as `root` (no password). You can use this feature to check for hardware compatibility and play with DragonFly a little before actually installing it on your hard drive. The CD includes an installer that can be run at the console. To activate the installer, boot and login as `installer`.

+DragonFly BSD images are 'live', meaning these images on whatever media will boot your system and let you log in as `root` (no password). You can use this feature to check for hardware compatibility and play with DragonFly a little before actually installing it on your hard drive. The CD includes an installer that can be run at the console. To activate the installer, boot and login as `installer`.

-If you use the DVD, you can login as `root` and start a GUI with *startx*. If you use a USB .img file, it needs to be copied to a USB key directly. Use *dd* on unix-like systems, or [a similar program](http://www.chrysocome.net/dd) on Windows. You could also try [Image Writer for Windows](http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/).

+If you use a GUI DVD, you can login as `root` and start a GUI with *startx*. Note that there is no GUI release for the current release. You will need to install Xorg directly. If you use a USB .img file, it needs to be copied to a USB key directly. Use *dd* on unix-like systems, or [a similar program](http://www.chrysocome.net/dd) on Windows. You could also try [Image Writer for Windows](http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/).

Here is a list of [[**worldwide mirrors**|/mirrors]] offering DragonFly ISO images. *Please use an appropriate mirror for best results!*

-### Legacy Releases

+## Release Notes

-To limit disk space requirements all mirrors carry only the ISO images/packages of the current and the last release. ISO images of older releases are available [here](http://island.quantumachine.net/archive/).

+For more details, read the 5.2 [[release notes|release52]].

## Obtaining source via git

@@ -31,18+34,51 @@ Since DragonFly 2.1 the source repository is maintained with git instead of CVS.

# cd /usr

# make src-create

-This will fetch all sources for you from a fast mirror. If the <i>git-clone</i> command is not available update your Makefile to a recent version. If you do not have git installed, install it from `pkgsrc/devel/scmgit`. See [development(7)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=development&section=ANY") for further instructions how to work with the repository.

+This will fetch all sources for you from a fast mirror. If the <i>git-clone</i> command is not available update your Makefile to a recent version. If you do not have git installed, install it from dports (`devel/git`). See [development(7)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=development&section=ANY") for further instructions how to work with the repository.

If you wish to check out the source repository manually, you can use

# git clone git://git.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git dragonfly

-All release CDs and images also contain a base git repo for pkgsrc and a populated /usr/pkg containing the git tools and may be used to bootstrap pkgsrc support in your system if you desire.

+All release CDs and images also have pkg installed for immediate download of packaged third-party software.

## Browsing source via web interface

The DragonFly source can be browsed via the [gitweb](http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git) web interface.

+If you have an existing 5.0.x system and are running a generic kernel, the normal upgrade process will work. Change your local /usr/src to 5.2:

+

+ cd /usr/src

+ git fetch origin

+ git branch DragonFly_RELEASE_5_2 origin/DragonFly_RELEASE_5_2

+ git checkout DragonFly_RELEASE_5_2

+ git pull

+

+And then rebuild: (in /usr/src )

+

+ make buildworld

+ make buildkernel

+ make installkernel

+ make installworld

+ make upgrade

+

+Don't forget to upgrade your existing packages. 5.2 packages have

+already been built and are immediately available.

+

+ pkg upgrade

+

+

## DragonFly Releases

Releases occur approximately twice a year. DragonFly release branches **only contain bug and security fixes** and are designed for people running production systems who don't want any surprises. Brand-new features often discussed on the mailing lists are typically not in release branches.